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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms expanded or shifted their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Conn. Firm Botched Suit Over Keith Haring Art, Ex-Client Says
Shuttered Connecticut law firm Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC and one of its former attorneys have been accused of professional negligence by a client being asked to pay $805,000 in legal fees to a gallery he sued in 2023 for allegedly selling a poorly documented Keith Haring drawing.
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Philly-Based Weir Names New Managing Partner
Philadelphia-based Weir LLP has shaken up its leadership team by naming a partner who has practiced at the firm for more than 25 years as its new managing partner.
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Epstein Aides Deny NM's Claims They Enabled Sex Trafficking
The co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate on Wednesday denied allegations in a new federal lawsuit that they enabled the financier's expansive sex trafficking operation, with their counsel questioning the New Mexico attorney general's motivations for filing it.
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Longtime Quinn Emanuel Partner Launches Calif. Boutique
After nearly 30 years with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, a former partner is pursuing her self-described "entrepreneurial streak" with the launch of a California-based boutique firm focused on business and private wealth litigation.
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Drexel Keeping Its Counsel In Ex-Exec's Bias Suit
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday denied a former Drexel University compliance executive's bid to have the school's attorney dismissed from the case over an alleged conflict of interest and tossed the executive's motion for sanctions against Drexel's attorney over comments he made during a deposition.
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Law Firms Reimagine Knowledge Management Roles Amid AI
Knowledge management is more important than ever as artificial intelligence becomes table stakes in the legal industry, a group of law firm leaders said Wednesday.
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Fla. Court Refers Atty To Bar Over Pro Se-Like Filings
A Florida appeals court on Wednesday referred a divorce attorney to the Florida Bar for filings with AI-hallucinated quotations and motion practice that the judges said they "typically see from vexatious pro se litigants."
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NM Accuses Epstein's Aides Of Enabling Sex Trafficking
The state of New Mexico and its attorney general sued the co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate Wednesday, claiming the two aides continue to profit off their roles in Epstein's sex trafficking scheme.
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Atty Used Legal Cred To Prop Up Ponzi Schemes, DOJ Says
A Florida attorney was arrested Tuesday on charges of using his legal bona fides to help run two Ponzi schemes that swindled investors out of nearly $2 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Vrdolyak Call-Recording Suit Can't Proceed As Class Action
An Illinois federal judge has denied class certification in a lawsuit accusing the Vrdolyak Law Group of secretly recording employees' and clients' phone calls, finding that inadmissible hearsay and limited recordings couldn't establish a firmwide practice, leaving the plaintiffs to prove individually whether their conversations were recorded.
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Conn. Eyes 'Way To Resolve' Homicide Case Against Ex-Atty
A Connecticut prosecutor said Tuesday there may be a "way to resolve" a manslaughter case against former Cramer & Anderson LLP partner Robert L. Fisher Jr. after a state appeals court reversed his conviction due to the "appearance of a lack of impartiality" posed by a trial judge's job application.
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Ga. Firm Aims To Keep Nearly $100K Arbitration Win Over Atty
John Foy & Associates PC has pushed back on an attempt by one of its former attorneys to have a Georgia federal judge vacate a nearly $100,000 arbitration award in the firm's favor with respect to her retaliation and harassment claims against it.
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Ex-NOLA Injury Atty Gets 32 Months For Staging Crashes
A former New Orleans personal injury attorney has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for his role in a scheme to fake vehicle accidents with tractor trailers and other commercial vehicles so he could pursue lawsuits and extract settlements.
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Sher Tremonte Exiting Defense Of Combs In Abuse Civil Suits
A Manhattan federal judge gave Sher Tremonte LLP leave to stop representing Sean "Diddy" Combs in two private sexual abuse damages cases Tuesday, bringing to at least three such matters the litigation boutique has dropped in New York citing communication breakdown and nonpayment.
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These Firms Top The 2026 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
The business of law is changing — new priorities are emerging and firms are adapting their strategies to stay competitive. For the sixth annual Law360 Pulse Leaderboard, we tracked industry developments and updated our rankings to best reflect the factors that define law firm success.
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The Litigation Reach Of The 100 Practice Footprint Firms
The top 100 firms on Law360's Practice Footprint ranking are legal industry leaders that flex their influence across all federal district courts. Check out our interactive map to see the breadth of each firm's national reach.
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The 2026 Practice Footprint Ranking: How Firms Stack Up
Law360 Pulse Practice Footprint firms thrive in high-stakes litigation and execute transactions that cause waves in the market, making them legal giants with nationwide influence. See who's leading the pack.
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Dallas Litigation Boutique Rebrands, Relocates
Dallas-based litigation boutique Estes Thorne Ewing & Payne PLLC has rebranded as Estes Ewing & Payne PLLC and has relocated to new space in the city's downtown arts district.
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Conn. Exoneree's Attys Seek $7.5M Fee For $38M Verdict
Lawyers who won a $38 million jury verdict for a man exonerated of murder have asked a Connecticut federal judge to force the city of New Haven to pay nearly $7.5 million in costs and fees, arguing it took considerable time to unravel evidence of "astonishingly vast" police misconduct.
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Wood Smith, Charlesbank Capital Ink Pioneering MSO Deal
Insurance defense firm Wood Smith Henning & Berman has inked a deal to take investment from middle market investment firm Charlesbank Capital Partners via a managed services organization, according to an announcement Monday, the largest U.S. firm to announce such a move.
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Fed. Judiciary Seems Stuck On Litigation Funding Disclosure
Litigation funders can breathe a sigh of relief, as a panel studying whether the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure should be changed to tighten disclosure requirements declined to make a recommendation ahead of a meeting this week.
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Arizona Court Approves State's First Non-ABA Law School
The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the state's first law school not accredited by the American Bar Association, citing the need to increase the number of lawyers per capita in the state and provide more affordable options for legal education.
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'Pig Butchering' Scams Are Rampant. This Atty Reps Victims.
Scammers are stealing billions of dollars a year through investment fraud. New Orleans-based attorney Marshal Hoda is building a legal practice that aims to recover money for victims. His team faces ruthless criminals, technical challenges, and the stress of working with emotionally devastated clients.
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Monopoly Allegations Test ABA's Role In Legal Education
The American Bar Association is facing mounting claims that the council responsible for law school accreditation acts as a monopoly, an accusation levied amid a broader, politicized battle over the future of legal education.
Expert Analysis
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How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
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RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
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How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
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5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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5 Ways Law Firms Can Build Lasting AI Visibility
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded across the entire digital ecosystem, law firm leaders can build an enduring footprint with five factors that ensure their firms remain visible no matter how underlying models evolve, says Melanie Trudeau at Reputation Ink.
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Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.
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How Associates Can Use AI To Gain A Biz Development Edge
Junior lawyers can harness artificial intelligence to identify where they are gaining traction with clients and build a data-driven business development foundation long before conversations about partnership track begin, says Tigist Kassahun at Vinson & Elkins.
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Trump's EO Puts AI Agent Governance On GC Agenda
Section 4 of President Donald Trump's executive order promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence innovation and security establishes a federal baseline around AI agents, so general counsel cannot wait for enforcement to define the standard, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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RFP Reset: Standardize Pricing Requests
To keep up with rising legal costs amid an industry overhaul fueled by artificial intelligence, legal departments can make outside counsel requests for proposal more defensible and cost-effective by making pricing requests uniform, requiring comparable fee templates and evaluating staffing assumptions, says Colin Levy at Malbek.